A simple method for quantitative calcium imaging in unperturbed developing neurons

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-212

  Albantakis, Larissa ^a   Lohmann, Christian ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calcium indicator; Development; Hippocampus; Organotypic slice culture; Rat; Synapse

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FLUORESCENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENDRITIC SPINES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT DYES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 70350001558     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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